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A tincture made with 80% alcohol, 2 oz

An automatically extracted historical preparation published directly for live editorial review. Botanical identity, formula structure and safety may be incomplete; this is not treatment or dosage guidance.

Use not statedUse not stated PreparationTincture RouteInternal use Plant recordSaba senegalensis ↗

No specific intended use is stated in the extracted passage

The extracted preparation passage does not state a specific intended use.

It documentsA historical source passage and its preparation structure.
It does not establishModern effectiveness, an individual dose, diagnosis or personal suitability.
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This formula was extracted automatically from a historical source and published directly for live editorial inspection. It may contain OCR, title, botanical-identity, ingredient, structure or safety errors. Do not use it as treatment, dosage or self-care guidance.

Source: Cooley's Cyclopædia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades, including medicine, pharmacy, and domestic economy [electronic resource] : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the pharmacopœia and general book of reference for the manufacturer, tradesman, amateur, and heads of families by Cooley, Arnold J. (Arnold James); North, W. (William) (1892), paragraph-16798.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • A tincture made with 80% alcohol, 2 oz. of the guarana to the pint, gives a precipitate, while one made with strong alcohol and glyeerine keeps clear
  • A good fluid extract guarana may be made as follows: — Powdered guarana, 16 oz.; alcohol, 8 fl. oz. ; glycerine, 4 fl. oz. ; water, 4 fl. oz
  • Pharmacopoeia recommends 3 parts of alcohol to 1 of water
  • Guarana, powdered, 4 oz. ; alcohol, 6 fl. cz. ; water, 6 fl. oz. ; glycerine, 6 fl. oz.; oil of orange, 8 drops; oil of cinnamon, 1 drop

Method as extracted

  1. Mix alcohol, glycerine, and water together ; macerate the guarana in it for 24 hours ; express ; pack the guarana in glass percolator; pass through the expressed liquor until 12 fl. oz. are obtained (dis- place with dilute alcohol until 16 oz. have passed) ; reserve the first 12 oz. ; evaporate the 16 oz. of dilute alcohol that have passed through to 4 oz. ; mix with the reserve.

Live editorial status

This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: promotion title hygiene failed. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

Modern safety boundary

Toxic / do not self-use

Do not self-use. The record remains public for historical, botanical and hazard research.

  • Unreviewed automated import: this record is public for live editorial inspection and has not passed manual identity, formula or safety review.
  • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
  • Do not use this record as dosage or treatment guidance. Every ingredient, route and contraindication requires qualified editorial verification.
  • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
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Primary and supporting references

  1. Cooley's Cyclopædia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades, including medicine, pharmacy, and domestic economy [electronic resource] : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the pharmacopœia and general book of reference for the manufacturer, tradesman, amateur, and heads of families — Cooley's Cyclopædia of practical receipts and collateral information in the arts, manufactures, professions, and trades, including medicine, pharmacy, and domestic economy [electronic resource] : designed as a comprehensive supplement to the pharmacopœiPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-16798.
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